Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed November 3rd, 2015), "Record of Owen Franklin", Ancestor # A041793.
"Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ7L-B3K : accessed 22 April 2015), Sarah Emeline Wood Cheatham, 06 Oct 1848; Birth, citing Virginia, United States, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond.
"United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41X-B26 : accessed 22 April 2015), J Sarah Wood in household of Wm F Wood, Eastern District, Campbell, Virginia, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 23, household ID 187, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,338.
"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFLX-BNT : accessed 22 April 2015), Sarah E Cheatham in household of Alfred Cheatham, Virginia, United States; citing p. 35, family 311, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,132.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCPN-NV9 : accessed 17 December 2015), Sarah E Cheatham in household of Th H A Cheatham, South Side, Appomattox, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district 8, sheet 372C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1354; FHL microfilm 1,255,354.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPGB-G8M : accessed 17 December 2015), Sarah E Cheatham in household of Thomas A Cheatham, Southside, Appomattox, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 2B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,633.
↑ Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 via Ancestry.com
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